Posts About "Brandon Pirri"

September 22nd, 2016Following their five-game defeat at the hands of the eventual Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the playoffs last spring, the Rangers vowed to get younger, faster and bigger in 2016-17. They also sought to find players who could add juice to their offensive game, and others who could help a deficient penalty...

August 29th, 2016Brandon Pirri is the latest forward to sign with the New York Rangers this offseason and the talk on social media seems to revolve around the sudden abundance at the position. Going into the summer, the talk around the Rangers suggested that they had an interest in retooling the team. Most concerns stemmed from the defense, as the team...

August 28th, 2016While Jimmy Vesey's highly-anticipated decision to sign with the Rangers has taken up most of the free agency news in the NHL over the past two weeks, two other notable deals occurred this week that could end up paying huge dividends for the teams that pulled them off. And while the free agent pursuits of Jiri Hudler and Brandon Pirri...

August 25th, 2016Brandon Pirri has reportedly signed a one-year contract with the New York Rangers worth approximately $1.1 million per Elliotte Friedman. The deal has not yet been officially announced by the New York Rangers, but Elliotte Friedman is as reliable a source as any for this kind of...

August 24th, 2016Training camp is a month away and it's time for general managers to extend professional try-outs (PTOs) to those unrestricted free agents (UFAs) that remain without a contract. This has been a growing trend since the most recent CBA as the salary cap has prevented average UFAs from earning contracts in favour of giving cheaper, higher...

August 20th, 2016The Nashville Predators have done a lot to shake up their roster this offseason. They traded their beloved captain Shea Weber to the Montreal Canadiens for the dynamic P.K. Subban. The team also managed to lock up pieces like Filip Forsberg and Calle Jarnkrok.
The Predators also added some depth to the bottom-half of one of the...

August 12th, 2016As we head into the final weeks of summer, hockey is creeping back into the picture in the sports world. Training camps for NHL teams will commence in about a month. For the Buffalo Sabres they may want to make another move prior to the beginning of camp.
Job Openings
If the Sabres end up missing out on signing Jimmy Vesey, the club...

August 8th, 2016Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is one of the more candid GM's in the NHL. At the conclusion of their 2014-15 campaign, Rutherford said the Penguins needed scoring, which led to the addition of Phil Kessel. He said the blue line needed more mobile, puck-moving defensemen, which was followed by the additions of Trevor...

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